Pete and Lakeview here are more detailed trip ideas through Ohio and Kentucky:
1st premise: I-75 sucks
Pick up US 25 just south of Toledo off of I475. This is the old Dixie Hwy and was a major N-S route to, well, Dixie. It parallels I-75 and has little traffic. This will run into I-75 around Cygnet. Hop back on I-75 till Findlay
Deitsch’s Ice Cream https://dietschs.com in Findlay OH. This will not disappoint.
Pick up US-68 in Findlay
Around West Liberty there are the Ohio Caverns http://www.ohiocaverns.com in the mildly karst dolomite. There is also ice cream in West Liberty.
Airport Cafe north of Urbana has mediocre food, but you can watch planes take off and land.
Cedar Bogs is just south of Urbana is a small park but is interesting because it has the remmant flora from the Wisconsin Glacier. https://www.cedarbognp.org
Young’s Dairy north of Yellow Springs. https://youngsdairy.com
John Bryant State Park http://parks.ohiodnr.gov/johnbryan at Yellow Springs. Lore has it Simon Kenton jumped the gorge here and escape an impending stake burning.
Yellow Springs- a little hippy remnant. Craft beers. Veggie food. Decent burger.
Yamaha dealer just before crossing I-71.
Wilmington OH- just one of those towns where the architecture indicates 1880s prosperity. Where did these folks get all their money?
Mt Orab -craft beer
Ripley OH - the Rankin House. Rev Rankin was a well known abolitionist. His house on the hill above the Ohio River was a major stop on the Underground Railroad.
Cross the Ohio River at Maysville.
By the time you get to around Paris KY you are in the Inner Bluegrass and horse farms abound.
Kentucky Horse Park outside of Lexington is also worth a stop if you enjoy horses http://www.kyhorsepark.com
Now back onto I-75 to Knoxville TN.
1st premise: I-75 sucks
Pick up US 25 just south of Toledo off of I475. This is the old Dixie Hwy and was a major N-S route to, well, Dixie. It parallels I-75 and has little traffic. This will run into I-75 around Cygnet. Hop back on I-75 till Findlay
Deitsch’s Ice Cream https://dietschs.com in Findlay OH. This will not disappoint.
Pick up US-68 in Findlay
Around West Liberty there are the Ohio Caverns http://www.ohiocaverns.com in the mildly karst dolomite. There is also ice cream in West Liberty.
Airport Cafe north of Urbana has mediocre food, but you can watch planes take off and land.
Cedar Bogs is just south of Urbana is a small park but is interesting because it has the remmant flora from the Wisconsin Glacier. https://www.cedarbognp.org
Young’s Dairy north of Yellow Springs. https://youngsdairy.com
John Bryant State Park http://parks.ohiodnr.gov/johnbryan at Yellow Springs. Lore has it Simon Kenton jumped the gorge here and escape an impending stake burning.
Yellow Springs- a little hippy remnant. Craft beers. Veggie food. Decent burger.
Yamaha dealer just before crossing I-71.
Wilmington OH- just one of those towns where the architecture indicates 1880s prosperity. Where did these folks get all their money?
Mt Orab -craft beer
Ripley OH - the Rankin House. Rev Rankin was a well known abolitionist. His house on the hill above the Ohio River was a major stop on the Underground Railroad.
Cross the Ohio River at Maysville.
By the time you get to around Paris KY you are in the Inner Bluegrass and horse farms abound.
Kentucky Horse Park outside of Lexington is also worth a stop if you enjoy horses http://www.kyhorsepark.com
Now back onto I-75 to Knoxville TN.
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